I have a tailspot blenny which is showing its stress markings. A picture of it below for reference.
The backstory to it is that I received a 3 year old 75 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump from someone and the blenny ended up being the only appropriate fish for the tank. The others were sold (one perished in the move) and now it is only him and a couple hermits for now. He has had these stress spots since transferring the tank to my basement a 4 days ago (three whole days). Also, he eats fine (marine cuisine and pellets) and there doesn't seem to be any sign of disease or parasites. I do have a skimmer, plenty of water flow and surface agitation (two wavemakers with one pointed toward surface).
My water parameters are fine but since people would want to know them anyways, they are as follows..
pH: 8.2
Nitrates: 10 (down from 20 upon initial set up)
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 78
Nitrite and Ammonia: 0
It is FOWLR for now so don't need others.
My question is should I give him something that will help reduce the stress or just keep observing his behavior/physical body and wait for it to go away? If there is something I can give him, what would that be?
The backstory to it is that I received a 3 year old 75 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump from someone and the blenny ended up being the only appropriate fish for the tank. The others were sold (one perished in the move) and now it is only him and a couple hermits for now. He has had these stress spots since transferring the tank to my basement a 4 days ago (three whole days). Also, he eats fine (marine cuisine and pellets) and there doesn't seem to be any sign of disease or parasites. I do have a skimmer, plenty of water flow and surface agitation (two wavemakers with one pointed toward surface).
My water parameters are fine but since people would want to know them anyways, they are as follows..
pH: 8.2
Nitrates: 10 (down from 20 upon initial set up)
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 78
Nitrite and Ammonia: 0
It is FOWLR for now so don't need others.
My question is should I give him something that will help reduce the stress or just keep observing his behavior/physical body and wait for it to go away? If there is something I can give him, what would that be?